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So what's the motivation of Creators coming to the Fediverse? How is the Fediverse going to grow for more people to want to donate to the servers and keep this amazing thing alive.
The motivation is a platform that doesn't revolve around corporate greed
So it should be done through donations then?
Creators can set up patreon accounts or ko-fi accounts if they want, but it shouldn't be integrated into Lemmy.
That's fair enough, Yeah love Ko-Fi as I run one for an Org that I helped create.
I guess Ko-Fi and other alternatives could be a good way for people to earn money without all the other crap that normal social media has.
Lol...you say this as if people have been marketing it to Creators.
I'm here because Reddit is junk now. I don't follow any "creators", and I rarely leave Lemmy for external content unless I really need to open an article or something.
Creators often have Subreddits and places people want to interact with.
I was more talking about things like PeerTube and the upcoming @loops what is a TikTok Alternative for the Fediverse.
If I were to create content, my reasons to choose the Fediverse over other social platforms would remain the same. I believe in this project! I think it is important to have free spaces, people's spaces.
I'd add a Patreon link (or an alternative to Patreon) for donations. That's it. Some money to compensate for the effort is okay, I don't need and I wouldn't aspire to get super rich from my content.
Yeah, I think that's the conclusion we have come to. Donations are what makes the Fediverse great, I guess it just might be nice to make it easier to display / click on in the future.
Self-promotion, same as most other platforms. There are already people on here doing so. If you post your e.g. comics for free, there's nothing wrong with linking your website or merch.
However, ads or other forms of monetization within the fediverse will most likely ruin it.
I agree with the Ads side of things. That's why I was asking if there was any other sort of model that people could use. I guess donations are probably the only thing that people could widely use.
Monetization is key to growth? What bullshit is that?
It helps grow with creators and those who will be looking for an alternative to places like TikTok in projects like @loops
I can guarantee you that nobody that genuinely wanted to join the fediverse for what it is wants any TikTok users in here.
It wouldn't be the same sort of thing, obviously. @loops is trying to be a 30 second video platform closer to what Vine was more than TikTok with their 3 minute videos.
Why would we want them?
Why does it need to?
The reason it would be good is it would bring those who aren’t creators come across. That would be good to have as it would allow for more people and content to come across. The reason this is good as it would stop people having to mix between social media and the fediverse
More content isn't by definition good. If you want more content, just have some LLMs generate it and skip the whole monetising step.
I'd rather see less content of higher quality, and monetisation enshittifies everything.